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No. 633,708. Patented Sept. 26, |899. M. SWENSUN.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ormes,

MAGNUS S\VENSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN COTTON COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y;

COTTON-BALING PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part ef Letters Patent No. 638,708, dated september 2c, 189,9. Application filed Maj 23, 1898. :Serial No. 681,420. iNo model.)

To (LU '1U/tom it may concern: partly formed and subsequently thereafter Be it known that I, MAGNUS SWENSON, a be maintained at a constant point; sixth, to citizen of the United States, residing at Chiprovide improved means in connection with cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illia cylindrical baling-press by which the mov- 55 nois, have invented a certain new and useful able pressure-roll may be always maintained Improvement in Cotton- Baling Apparatus, in alinement with the core, notwithstanding of which the following is a speciiication. the driving strains and any side thrust pro- My invention relates to variousnew and duced by an unequal accumulation of the useful improvements in apparatus for makcotton on the core; seventh, to provide im- 6o ro ing cotton-bales, and the invention refers esproved means by which the iinished bale may pecially to apparatus for making bales which be covered while in the press with the deare cylindricalin form by winding acontinu` sired tension, and, finally, to provide such ous sheet or bat of cotton in convolutional other details of construction'as may conduce layers around a spindle or core. In my iinto the production of a successful baling ap- 65 I5 proved apparatus I make use of a cottonparatus, all as will be more fully hereinafter press for making these bales, which is of described and claimed. novel construction. Such .a press may be In order that my invention may be better employed either in connect-ion with the spe-v understood, attention is directed to the acciiic apparatus forming the subject-mattero'f compan'ying drawings, forminga part of this 7o zo my present invention or it may be used specification, and in whichalone as a single press in combination with Figure l is a longitudinal sectional View of any desired form of apparatus for making a the preferred form of apparatus, illustrating sheet or bat of cotton. two cylindrical balingpresses arranged back The objects of myinvention are, iirst, to to back, with means for alternately feeding 7" 25 produce a cotton-pressing apparatus of novel the sheet or bat to said presses; Fig. 2, an form capable of carrying on a continuous opend elevation of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a plan of the eration, by which is meantthe formation of two presses shown in Fig. l with the batcylindrical bales without the stoppage of former removed; Fig. 4 a side elevation, on the gin plant or condenser; second, to proan enlarged scale, of one of the improved bal- 8o 3o vide an improved form of driving mechanism ing-presses; and Fig. 5, a similar view from for a cylindrical cotton-press by which the the other side of the press. relative separation of the rolls during the In all of the above views corresponding ,formation of the' bale may be compensated parts are represented by the same numerals for without affecting the continuous rotation of reference. 85 35 thereof; third, to provide means in connec- The apparatus is illustrated as being lotion with such a press by which the rolls may cated within a suitable building l, which obbe manipulated for the ejection of the inviously forms no part of the present invenished bale and when a belt is employed, as tion. Mounted on suit-able skids or foundais preferable, by which the said belt may be tion-beams 2 are two presses 3 3', each of the 9o 4o looped down beneath the core prior to the general type heretofore suggested by me and starting of a new bale; fourth, to provide imcomprising a baling-roll 4, mounted in fixed proved means in connection with two cylinbearings, and a baling-roll 5, mounted in londrical cotton-Daling presses by which the gitudinally-movablebearings. The two cast sheet or brat coming from the bat-forming apframes 6 of the presses are arranged end to 95 45 paratus may be deflected alternately to the end and at' their centers are supported on a two presses, whereby the gin plant and convertical frame 8, other frames 9 being used denser may be operated continuously; fifth, to carry the ends of said presses. to provide improved pressure producing l0 l0 represent two stationary aprons or mechanism for a cylindrical baling-press by boards inclined toward each other at their roo 5o means of which the pressure may be gradu upper ends and carrying at the apex ahinged ally increased upon the bale until the bale is flap 1l, which is operated from the side of the applications.

machine by means of a lever 12, as shown in Fig. 2. This flap works beneath a bat-l former 13, which is shown as being of the type described and claimed by me in application for Letters Patent iled September 13, 1897, numbered serially 651,483. Obviously any other'form of bat-forming apparatus may be employed. This bat-forming apparatus is provided in the ue 14, which carries the cotton from the gins, with a screen-section 15, having closed pockets 16 beneath the same. The purpose of this screen-section is to allow any dust or dirt carried by the cotton to pass through the same and accumulate in said pockets, from which the dust or dirt may be removed in any suitable way. Each press is preferably provided with an endless belt 17, which extends over an idler 18, working in vertical guideways 19 around the two balingrolls 4 and 5 and under the core 20. The ends of this core are provided with recesses therein, (not shown,) with which a supporting-pin engages at each side, carried in a movable bearing-block 21, mounted ina horizontal guideway 22 in the main frame 6. Two hand-wheels 23 23 are used for disengaging the ends of the core in the well-known way. The bearing-blocks 21 also carry end plates 24 for building up the ends of the bale, as I have before described in patents and The bearing-blocks 25 of the movable roll 5 of each press are mounted in the guideways 22, and each of said bearingblocks connects with the plunger 26 of a hydraulic jack 27, the said jack being arranged in line with said movable bearing-blocks, so as to take up the direct thrust thereof. Mountedin the two bearingblocks of each press is a shaft 28, carrying a pinion or gearwl1eel29, keyed thereto near each end thereof, and each of said pinions engages with a rack 30, mounted in the main frame G. These racks 30 are preferably inverted, as shown, so that no dust ordirt can accumulate therein, whereby their bearing-surfaces will be always kept clean. The employment of the gears or pinions 29 on the shaft 28 provides for parallel movement of the two bearingblocks 25 of each press, so that the movable roll will be always maintained in alinement irrespective of the driving strains or the irregular accumulation of cotton on the core 20. In order to prevent the upward strain of the belt 17 on the core 2O from wearing out the bearings of the core, the latter is preferably arranged on a line slightly beneath'the center line of the shafts of the baling-rolls 4 and 5,so that t-he upward thrust of said belt 27 of each press connect by a pipe 31 with a suitable pressure-producing mechanism. I find in practice that it is desirable to gradually increase the pressure on the bale from the start until the bale is about half formed, more or less, after which the pressure which has been reached at that time is maintained constant throughout the succeeding operations. To accomplish this end, I provide a branch pipe 32, leading to a closed air-chamber 33, in which air under the desired initial pressure is maintained. In themain line of the pipe 31 I place a valve 34, which is arranged vto relieve the pressure in the pipe 31 when that pressure has reached the desired point and to maintain the pressure constant thereafter. Any suitable form of automatic valve for this purpose may be employed; but I prefer to use the valve which I have invented and which is described and claimed in my application for Letters Patent led February 18, 1898, and numbered serially 670,806. With such a relief-valve I use a bent steel tube 35, closed at its outer end, which is connected to the handle of the Valve 34 and with its inner end connecting with the air-chamber 33, so that the pressure within said chamber tends to straighten out the tube and open the valve. I find in practice that not only is it desirable to apply a very light pressure to the cotton at the start in order that there may be no danger of the preliminary layers becoming caked or matted', but it is also advisable in a press employing a belt to eect the pressure on those layers which immediately surround the core by the action of the.r

belt alone, as in that way bales having centers as soft as the other portions may be obtained. This arrangement is shown in Fig. 1, which illustrates the roll 5 at its innermost position, the belt 17 being in contact with the core 2O and the baling-roll 5 being slightly removed from engagement with the belt immediately in line with the core. tive separation of the baling-roll 5 from the belt at this point is slightly exaggerated in the drawings, as in ordinary operation it need not be greater than one-half inch.

In order to compress the sheet or bat coming down either of the aprons 10, I employ pressure-rollers 36,the j ournal-boxes of which are forced downward by means of heavy spiral springs 37, (see particularly Fig. 4,) the tension of which springs may be adjusted by means of screw-bolts 38. These pressurerollers also tend to engage the belt tightly with the baling-roll 4 of eachpress and prevent the belt from having any tendency to slip relatively to said roll. It will be observed that the vertical guides 19 are arranged behind the center line of each stationary roll 4, whereby the belt will be engaged with an extended area on the movable baling-roll 5, which area increases as the bale enlarges, as shown at the right-hand sideof Fig. 1. In this way I overcome the possibility of any slipping of the belt relatively to the movable balingroll.

The rela- IOO -vided with but very little slack.

Means by which the baling-rolls are driven and which at the same time allow for the relative separation of the rolls are more clearly illustrated on an enlarged scale in Figs. 4 and 5. The shaft 39 of the stationary baling-roll is provided at one end with a large gear 40, keyed to said shaft, and the shaft 4l of the movable bali n g-roll is provided with a similar gear 42, keyed to said shaft at the same side of the machine. One of the gears 40 or 42 is arranged to work close to the side frame with the other of said gears on the outside thereof,

whereby very large gears may be employed which actually overlap, as illustrated. The gear 42 is shown as working adjacent to the side frame, and the gear 40 is illustrated as being outside of and overlapping the same.

43 is a counter-shaft mounted beneath the frame and preferably in a vertical line with the shaft 39. The said counter-shaft is provided with a loose pinion 44 thereon, which pinion meshes with the gear 40. A clutch 45 on the counter-shaft 43 is arranged to connect the pinion 44 to the shaft 43 to rotate the said shaft. The said clutch is operated by a lever 4G, pivoted at one side to a rod 47 and operated at the other end by a rod 48, which eX- tends across the machine and is connected with a lever 49. By operating the lever 49 the pinion 44 may be clutched or unclutched from the counter-shaft 43, so as to arrest or start the baling-roll 4. The main frame of the machine is provided at each side with a short vertical slideway 50, and at each side a bearing-block 5l is mounted in said slideway. A counter-shaft 52 is mounted in these bearing-blocks 5l and extends across the machine. 53 is a pinion keyed to said counter-shaft 52 and meshing with the gear 42, the said pinion being the same size as the pinion 44.

54 54 are two links, one at each side of the machine, which links connect the shaft 41 of the movable baling-roll 5 with the ends of the counter-shaft 52, whereby the constant engagement between the pinion 53 and the gear 42 will be maintained at all times.

Motion is transmitted from the countershaft 43 to the counter-shaft 52 in any suitable way, but preferably by sprocket wheels and chain.

55 is a sprocket-wheel loose on the countershaft 43 and working inside of the hollow frame 6, and 56 is asimilar sprocket-wheel of the same size keyed to the counter-shaft 52 and working within said hollow frame in line with the sprocket-wheel 55. A sprocket-chain 57 of any suitable type connects these two sprocket-wheels. Since the counter-shaft 52 moves but slightly with respect to the counter-shaft 43, the sprocket-chain 57 need be pro- In order that rotation of the baling-roll 5 may be arrested without arresting the rotation of the Daling-roll 4, I prefer to employ a clutch 58 for clutching or unclutching the sprocketwheel 55 from the counter-shaft 43, this clutch being shown particularly in Fig. l. Said clutch is operated by a fork 59, the upper end of which is connected by a rod extending across the machine with a lever 60.

6l represents the main drivingshaft, mounted in boxes 62 at the side of the inachine and extending lengthwise thereof and at right angles to the othershafts and countershafts,whereby compactness'is secu red. The main driving-shaft is provided with a bevelpinion 63 at its inner end,which meshes with and drives a bevel-gear 64, keyed to the counter-shaft 43. vVhen it is desired to stop the press, the friction-clutch 65 is used for connecting or disconnecting the driving-pulley 66 with the main driving-shaft 61. The said clutch (55 is operated by a lever 67, as shown.

The shafting, &c., for operating the press maybe arranged in any suitable way. I illustrate a shaft 68 extending parallel with the shaft 6l beneath the press and carrying two main pulleys 69 and 70, arranged in line with the driving-pulleys 66 and connected to said pulleys by belts 7l, adapted to be tightened by belt-tighteners 72, carried by the press and operated in any suitable way. I also illustrate a shaft 73, mounted in hangers at the top of the building at rig-ht angles to the shaft 68 and driven therefrom by a belt 74. The said shaft 73 operates belts 75 and 76 for driving the con(.lenser-drum and the belts of the bat-former.

Vhen a bale has been finished, I prefer to cover the same while in the press, this covering comprising either a thin strip wound spirally on the bale, as has been suggested, or a strip of canvas equal in width to the length of the bale, so as to be wound directly around the same. Each press may therefore be provided in f ront of it with a shaft 77, mounted in brackets 7S and carrying a drum 79, on which is wound a roll of canvas 80. Each drum is provided at one side with a friction-wheel 81, with which two friction-shoes 82 and 83 engage. These friction-shoes are adapted to be engaged with the periphery of the brake-wheel 8l by means of a divided frame 84, made in two sections adapted to be clamped together by a lever S5, having an adj ustable weight 86 thereon.

If desired, each shaft28 may be provided with a star-wheel 87, keyed to the same and having,rr radial openings therein, in which a bar may be placed to rotate .the shaft 28 for the purpose of moving the baling-roll 5 toward and away from the core 20 when necessary.

vice preferably extends upward at 88 to a receiving-tank 89, placed on top of the building and carrying a supply of water and by which a considerable head will be secured. Water may be supplied to the tank S9 as it leaks out of the system or becomes evaporated through a pipe 90, having a valve 91 therein, as shown in Fig. 2. In order to allow water to flow back from the tank 89 into the hydraulic jacks and around the valve 34,

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The pipe 3l of the pressure-producing dei I make use of a by-pass 92, having a valve 93 therein, as shown in Fig. l.

Assuming the apparatus to comprise all the elements illustrated in Fig. l, its operation will be as follows, the parts being arranged in the positions shown: Cotton from the gin or gins and in the form of flakes or clots is blown in the usual way through the flue 14,

and a large part of the dust or dirt carried will be thrown off of said condenser-cylinder by the centrifugal action, so as to be deposited in the lower convexed portion of the batformer. This cotton will be gradually compressed by the forming belts of the batformer, which belts are driven by the'belt 7G from the sha-ft 73, and will leave the space between the lower ends of said forming-belts l is produced.

in the shape of a thick, homogeneous, and coherent bat. This bat will be deflected by the flap or wing ll under the conveying-apron l0 of the press 3. The baling-rolls 4 and 5 of that press will be operated by power from the shaft GS, driving the main driving-shaft 6l. This shaft drives the rbevel-pinion G3, which drives the bevel-gear (34 at a considerably lower speed. The counter-shaft 43, which is driven by the bevel-gear G4, drives the pinion 44, which drives the gear 4l of the stationary roll 4. The rotation of the countershaft 43 drives the sprocket-wheel 55 and through the chain 57 drives the sprocketwheel 56 on the countershaft 52. That counter-shaft drives the pinion 53, which drives the gear 42 of the movable baling-roll 5. By reason of the large size of the gears 41, 42, and 64 and the small size of the pinions 44, 53, and 63 I allow for a relatively high speed of the main driving-shaft, so there is but little strainon the belting and lineshafting. The rotation of the baling-rolls 4 and 5 in the same direction and at the same peripheral speed drives the belt 17, causing the sheet or bat to be wound up on the core 2O after the sheet or bat has passed beneath the pressure-roll 36, by which its density is materially increased and a calendered or blanket-like appearance is imparted to the same. The sheet or bat is allowed to wind on the core 2O until a bale of the desired size In thus accumulating on said core it is subjected to two compressing factors. First, since the two baling-'rolls are positively driven, the belt 17 inorder to be looped downward with the enlarging bale requires to slip relatively to the moving balingroll 5, and the friction produced by this relative slipping of the belt assists materially in the compression of the bale. The upward thrust on the core, which is produced by this pressure of the belt, is preferably taken up A55 from the counter-shaft 43.

on the peripheries of the baling-rolls themselves, as I have before explained, by mounting the core 2O on a line slightly below the center line of the shafts of the baling-rolls. Second, the baling-roll 5 in moving backward with the enlarging bale is resisted by the hydraulic jacks 27 27, the water or other fluid from which is forced through the pipe 3l into the air-chamber 33, in which initial air-pressure has been generated. The entrance of this water into the air-chamber 33 serves to further compress the air therein, so that the resistance to the movement of the jack-pistons will be gradually increased. When, however, the pressure has reached a desired predetermined point, the valve 34 will be opened to allow the water to pass the said valve and to maintain the maximum pressure constant until the bale has been completed. Vhen the bale is finished, the press 3 is started up, and the flap or wing ll is swung over to the other side to automatically cut off t-he bat from the bat-former and direct it down the apron or chute 10 of the press 3', wherein the same operations take place.

It will be observed that as the baling-roll 5 is moved backward by the enlarging bale the links 54 will swing past the vertical center of the counter-shaft 52, so as to first lower the bearing-blocks 5l until the links 54 assume a perfectly vertical position and then to slightly elevate said blocks; but during this time the pinion 53 will be kept in constant engagement with the gear-wheel 42 and the countershaft 52 will be constantly rotated by the drive-chain.

\Vhen the bale is finished, it is ready to be covered, which may be done with the apparatus shown, the end of the strip of canvas or other material being applied to the bale and being wound around the same by the action of thepress, the necessarytension being applied to said strip by means of the frictionshoes 32 working on the brake-wheel 8l. The covering is then cut off and may be wound out of the way by means of a small crank 94 on the shaft of the drum 79. The covered bale is now ready to be removed. This is done, preferably, by arrestingthe rotation of the baling-roll 4 by operating the lever 49, so as to disengage the pinion 44 from the gear 4l, and (the ends of the core having been released) the continued rotation of the balingroll 5 will stretch the belt directly between and tangentially to the peripheries of the two baling-rolls, so as to elevate the bale above the press, from which position it may be removed in any suitable Way. In order that the belt may be again looped downward beneath the line of the core, the baling-roll 4 is again brought into operation and the rotation of the baling-roll 5 is arrested by operating the clutch 53 to disengage the sprocket-wheel The rotation of the baling-roll4 will then loop the belt downward between the two baling-rolls, as

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will be understood, and a new core will be placed in position ready for the reception of the newv bale.

In order to return the baling-roll 5 to its normal position in contact with the belt, in line with the core, or nearly so, the valve 93 is opened and the water-pressure from the tank S9 will operate the hydraulic jacks to expel the pistons and move the baling-roll 5 toward its starting position. Then for any reason it is desired to move the baling-roll 5 away from the baling-roll it, the valve 93 will be, preferably, first opened, and the shaft 28 will be then rotated by means of a bar working in the openings in the star-wheel S7, so as to roll the pinions 28 29 on the racks 30, as will be understood. Y

While for large plan ts using a considerable rnumber of gins it is desirable in order to secure economy of operation to make use of a duplex press such as I have described, as in that way the gins and condenser may operate contnuously,itwillyetbe understood thatone of the improved baling-presses may be used in connection with any desired type of batforming apparatus or that, if desired, two of said presses may be used in connection with other apparatus, by which a continuous operation may be carried on.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. An improved cotton-baling apparatus comprising in combination a pair of' two-roll baling-presses for making cylindrical cottonbales, two inclined aprons or chutesleadin g to said presses, the said aprons or chu tes extending toward each other, and a bat-forming device for directing a continuous sheet or bat of cotton to the apex of the aprons or chutes, substantially as set forth.

2. An improved cotton baling apparatus comprising in combination a pair of two-roll baling-presses for making cylindrical cottonbales, two inclined aprons or chutes leading to said presses, the said aprons or chutes extending toward each other, a flap or wing at the apex of said chutes, and a bat-forming device for direct-ing a continuous sheet or bat of cotton to the apex of the aprons or chutes, substantially as set forth.

3. An improved batforming apparatus comprising a pair of two-roll horizontal baling-presses arranged end to end, two inclined aprons or chutes connected together at their upper ends, and a bat-forming apparatus for directing a continuous sheet or bat to the apex of said aprons or chutes, substantially as set forth.

4. An improved bat forming apparatus comprising a pair of two-roll horizontal baling-presses arranged end to end, two inclined aprons or chutes connected together at their upper ends, a bat-forming apparatus for directing a continuous sheet or bat to the apex of said aprons or chutes, and a Wing`or Hap at the apex of said aprons or chutes for directing the bat to one press or to the other, substantially as set forth. 5. In a cotton-press, the combination of a vbaling-roll mounted in fixed bearing-boxes, a

balingroll mounted in movable bearingboxes, a core, a hydraulic jack for resisting the movement of the movable baling-roll, an air-chamber to which water from said jack is conveyed, a relief-valve beyond the air-chamber, said valve opening only when a definite pressure is reached, and a by-pass around the relief-valve, substantially as set forth.

t5. In a cotton-press, the combination of a baling-roll mounted in xed bearing-boxes, a baling roll mounted in movable bearingboxes, a core, a hydraulic jack for resisting the movement of the movable baling-roll, an air-chamber to which water from said jack is conveyed, a relief-valve beyond the air-chamber,said valve opening only when a definite pressure is reached, a by-pass around the relief-valve, and a supply-tank'by which a normal head or pressure will be maintained, substantially as set forth.

7. In a cotton-press, the combination of two baling-rolls, a core between the baling-rolls, and a continuous belt or apron extending over said rolls and under said core, the balingrolls, at their innermost position, being out of contact with the belt where it passes around the core, whereby the inner layers of the bale will be formed by the action of the belt alone and the subsequent layers will be compressed by the combined action of the belt and balingrolls, substantially as set forth.

S, In acotton-press, the combination of two baling-rolls, a continuous belt or apron extending over said rolls, andl a core between said rolls around which the belt extends in an opposite direction, the said core being mounted out of line with the shafts of the rolls, whereby the thrust of the belt will be received upon the peripheries of' the baling-rolls, substantially as set forth.

t). In a baling-press, the combination with two baling-rolls mounted in a horizontal plane, of an endless belt extending over said balingrolls, and a core beneath which the belt extends, said core being mounted below the plane of the shafts of the baling-rolls, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

l0. In a cotton-press, the combination of a baling-roll mounted in stationary bearings,a counter-shaft mounted in fixed bearings, connections between said counter-shaft and said baling-roll, a baling-roll mounted in movable bearings, acounter-shaft mounted in bearings movable at right angles to the bearings of said baling-roll, connections between the two counter-shafts, and connections between the movable counter-shaft and the movable baling-roll, substantially as set forth.

ll. In a cotton-press, the combination of a baling-roll mounted in stationary bearings, a counter-shaft mounted in fixed bearings, connections between said counter-shaft and said baling-roll, a baling-roll mounted in movable IOO counter-shafts, connections between the movable counter-shaft and the movable balingroll, and links connecting the shaft of the movable baling-roll with said counter-shaft, substantially as set forth.

12. In a cotton-press, the combination of a baling-roll mounted in stationary bearings, a counter-shaft mounted in fixed bearings, oonnections' between said counter-shaft and said baling-roll, a baling-roll mounted in movable bearings, a counter-shaft mounted in bearings movable at right angles to the bearings of said baling-roll,conneetions between the two counter-shafts, connections between the movable counter-shaft and the movable baling-roll, links connecting the shaft of the movable baling-roll with said counter-shaft, a sprocketwheel on each of the counter-shafts, and a chain connecting said sprocket-wheels, substantially as set forth.

13. In a cotton-press, the combination of a baling-roll mounted in stationary bearings, a counter-shaft mounted in lined bearings, connections between said eounter-shafts and said baling-roll, a baling-roll mounted in movable bearings, a counter-shaft mounted in bearings movable at right angles to the bearings of said baling-roll, connections-between the two counter shafts, connections between the movable counter-shaft and the movable baling-roll, and clntehesfor disengaging either of said baling-rolls. substantially as set forth.

14:. ln a cotton-press. the combination ofa baling-roll mounted in stationary bearingbloeks, a counter-shaft mounted in fixed bearings, a gear-wheel on the shaft of said baling-roll, a pini'on on the counter-shaft engaging the said gear-wheel, a baling-roll mounted in movable bearing-blocks, a gearwheel on the shaft of said movable balingroll, a counter-shaft mounted in bearingblocks movable at right angles to the bearing-blocks of the movable baling-roll, links Connecting the shaftof the movable balingroll with said counter-shaft, a gear on the shaft of the movable baling-roll, a pinion on the movable counter-shaft meshing with said gear, and connections between the two Counter-shafts, substantially as set forth.

'15. In aeottoirpress, the combination of a baling-roll mounted in stationary bearingblocks, a counter shaft mounted in Xed bearings, a gear-wheel on the shaft of said baling-roll, a pinion on the counter-shaft engaging the said gear-wheel, a baling-roll mounted in movable bearing-blocks, a gearwheel on the shaft of said movable balingroll, .a counter-shaft mounted in bearingblocks movable at right angles to the bearing-blocks of the movable baling-roll, links connecting the shaft of the movable balingroll with said counter-shaft, a gear on the shaft of the movable baling-roll, a pinion on the movable counter-shaft meshing with said gear, and connections between the two counter-shafts, the gears on the two baling-rolls being arranged in different planes soas to overlap each other, substantially as set forth.

16. In a cotton-press, the combination with a baling-'roll mounted in stationary bearingblocks, a countershaft mounted in xed bearings, a gear on said baling-roll, a pinion on said counter-shaft engaging the said gear, a baling-rollV mounted in movable bearingblocks, a counter-shaft mounted in bearingbloeks movable at rightangles to the bear ing-blocks of said movable baling-roll, links connecting the shaft of the movable balingroll with said movable counter-shaft, a gear on the shaft of the movable baling-roll, a pinion on said movable counter-shaft meshing with said gear, a sprocket-wheel on each of the counter-shafts, chains connecting said sprocket-wheels, a clutch for engaging or disengaging the pinion on the stationary counter-shaft, and a clutch for engaging and disengaging the sprocket-wheel on the stationary counter-shaft, substantially as set forth.

This speeieation signed and witnessed this 22d day of April, 1898.

MAGNUS SWENSON. Witnesses FRANK L. Dyna, JN0. R. TAYLOR. 

